Alice

#65 for girls in 2025, 3,547 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1906 · 4,192 births
Debut · girls
1,414 births
In top 100 · girls
89 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
588,147
since 1880

Alice over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #8, 1906girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#653,547
2024#633,531#10,9386
2023#663,349
2022#643,511#9,8237
2021#653,509
2020#763,296
2019#733,552#12,1455
2018#713,667#12,1565
2017#703,826
2016#763,692
2015#873,426#12,0865
2014#983,055#12,1085
2013#1072,940
2012#1272,503#12,2745
2011#1422,195
2010#1721,780
2009#2571,276
2008#3281,025
2007#346952
2006#382847
2005#413756
2004#403756
2003#431700
2002#444657
2001#440633
2000#422669
1999#423652
1998#438597
1997#441578
1996#430593
1995#442580
1994#422596
1993#373684#7,6386
1992#371688
1991#355725
1990#345773
1989#343742#3,80914
1988#302820#7,2705
1987#314770
1986#339712
1985#353668#4,6988
1984#337687
1983#329698#5,4846
1982#323749#5,0037
1981#316746
1980#328738
1979#307780#3,81010
1978#292790#4,1578
1977#278858
1976#246955#5,5875
1975#2311,055#5,4645
1974#2161,181#2,94612
1973#2141,187
1972#2311,198#3,9637
1971#1981,507#4,9075
1970#2011,621
1969#1851,715#3,5957
1968#1871,731#3,3657
1967#1681,928#3,9665
1966#1572,221#2,9868
1965#1452,564#2,17814
1964#1412,842#3,0508
1963#1383,067#2,41412
1962#1333,249#2,50411
1961#1263,586#2,53811
1960#1194,051#2,42312
1959#1124,162#2,41412
1958#1154,124#1,83819
1957#1064,432#1,75121
1956#984,680#3,2167
1955#875,079#2,43511
1954#815,271#2,59210
1953#735,740#1,55124
1952#695,908#1,74919
1951#626,315#1,72519
1950#576,363#2,01914
1949#536,660#2,12313
1948#496,981#1,88116
1947#477,849#1,64621
1946#447,363#1,69218
1945#416,359#1,32725
1944#387,102#1,28227
1943#387,648#1,21432
1942#397,382#1,19334
1941#347,445#1,04039
1940#327,603#1,13534
1939#317,365#1,16831
1938#297,490#1,17131
1937#287,120#98241
1936#277,201#1,05137
1935#257,443#1,04038
1934#257,784#1,09236
1933#227,697#1,01340
1932#218,537#91550
1931#218,815#1,01543
1930#209,516#94451
1929#219,480#98347
1928#1910,139#1,16537
1927#1710,679#1,08043
1926#1710,956#98049
1925#1511,576#94551
1924#1511,537#1,15239
1923#1511,331#1,42027
1922#1511,277#1,36729
1921#1511,955#1,22635
1920#1511,596#1,38228
1919#1311,141#1,35128
1918#1311,590#1,19234
1917#1310,990#1,39625
1916#1310,719#1,20630
1915#1310,525#1,26527
1914#128,198#1,01930
1913#116,934#1,02324
1912#116,285#93523
1911#114,813#85615
1910#104,671#78215
1909#104,170#71415
1908#94,270#82511
1907#94,107#69914
1906#84,192#50320
1905#103,610#61515
1904#133,131#8109
1903#122,996#7839
1902#103,135#65112
1901#122,562#68310
1900#143,059#9688
1899#122,523#8577
1898#112,846#63512
1897#162,431#47317
1896#122,651#59213
1895#172,457#7958
1894#172,414#1,0745
1893#132,434#61511
1892#142,373#7928
1891#162,015#6359
1890#142,271#62910
1889#122,145#6739
1888#132,202#1,0315
1887#141,819#58310
1886#111,811#60510
1885#111,681#6419
1884#111,732
1883#111,488#7996
1882#81,542
1881#101,308#7067
1880#81,414
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alice was already there! It came in at #8, and was given to 1,414 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1977–2006, when fewer than 860 girls a year got the name.

See more about Alice
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#63#65)
  • 11 spots since 2020 (#76#65)
  • 22 spots since 2015 (#87#65)
  • Biggest jump: 85 spots in 2010 (#257#172)
  • Biggest drop: 49 spots in 1994 (#373#422)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1906 at #8 (4,192 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 61 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: 10 yrs · run 1905–1910
  • Top 100: 89 yrs · run 1880–1956
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 64
  • Highest: 1 in 64 girls born in 1880 were named Alice (1.6%)
  • Latest: 1 in 453 girls born in 2025 (0.22%)
  • Its best rank, #8 in 1906, was only 1 in 70 (1.4%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.8% of all girls named Alice (110,526) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #8 (1906) → #444 (2002) → #63 (2024)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17,142#8 (1882)#11
1890s24,415#11 (1898)#14
1900s35,232#8 (1906)#11
1910s85,866#10 (1910)#12
1920s110,526#15 (1921)#16
1930s78,968#20 (1930)#25
1940s72,392#32 (1940)#42
1950s52,074#57 (1950)#86
1960s26,954#119 (1960)#150
1970s11,132#198 (1971)#241
1980s7,330#302 (1988)#328
1990s6,466#345 (1990)#404
2000s8,271#257 (2009)#387
2010s30,636#70 (2017)#102
2020s20,743#63 (2024)#67

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alice in 1972

girls
#231
1,198 births · 1 in 1,270 girls
boys
#3,963
7 births · 1 in 231,658 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #231Alice1,198

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #3,963Alice7
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 1,270 of them was named Alice, which outranked 97.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alice
  1. #228Leigh1,210
  2. #228Marsha1,210
  3. #230Rita1,199
  4. #231Alice1,198
  5. #232Latonya1,196
  6. #233Sonja1,191
  7. #234Ashley1,176
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 231,658 of them was named Alice, which outranked 31.1% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alice
  1. #3,622Yamil8
  2. #3,622Yvette8
  3. #3,622Zenas8
  4. #3,963Alice7
  5. #3,963Abayomi7
  6. #3,963Abdon7
  7. #3,963Adolf7
  8. #4,441Abelino6
  9. #4,441Abimael6
  10. #4,441Abrahm6

Tied with 477 names at #3,963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972